I’ve shared my delightful evening routine before. I thought you might want to hear about the habits of the morning. It’s rare that it is exactly the same each morning. I want to feel centered, connected and peaceful from my morning routine so I keep the feeling in my mind. A) Brush teeth, water pik, Read More

I used to be a terrible procrastinator and felt lethargically lazy. But, I turned it around. Now I regularly get tasks that I used to procrastinate on done. What was the biggest thing that turned me from procrastinator to being able to get things completed? My speech and how I saw myself. I noticed before Read More

I have a project I haven’t touched in two weeks. Why? I don’t know. I have forgotten to ask. One of the main reasons I don’t procrastinate as much as I used to, is that I’ve gotten into the habit of asking why. We often know we are procrastinating. But, instead of getting to the Read More

I was in a play this month. We’d been rehearsing since January and the last week before the play I spent most of the time at the theater 30 minutes away in good traffic. I would get home at 11:30pm amped up and awaken to work or sing in the choir at 7:30am. Oh yes, I sang Read More

Last week I lost internet for two days, had to bring the car into the shop and had to run errands in the middle of the work day with my daughter because she had to go to work in the afternoon. I started noticing it was taking even longer to get started to work and Read More

I find things fall through the cracks when I don’t use my calendar well. I use an electronic calendar because there are more events for me that I can copy and paste from email and online. Plus, I am able to have reminders go off so I will do things and not forget. And finally, Read More

In honor of Tolkien’s birthday… I arrive home to discover a hobbit asleep in my bed. I hesitate to wake him. He might want me to go on an adventure which I don’t have time for. Then I remembered hobbits typically don’t like adventures, preferring home, food, song, and friends. I wonder what it would be Read More

My stove stared at me crusted and greasy. I’d been meaning to clean it for a week. It’s a black and stainless steel stove so it looks grimy quickly. But, I didn’t want to do the scrubbing it would take to get it clean. So I left it. And left it. And left it. While Read More

My husband and I got up early to get a motorcycle ride in before the heat. The country was lush with plants almost ready for harvest. I smiled at the horses, cows, goats and chickens. The bright red barns against the blue sky were gorgeous. Then there were the gray barns. The paint had fallen Read More

I have friends, clients and acquaintances moving through new changes – moving, empty nest, new job, chronic illness. Our lives our filled with transitions, but we don’t normally pace ourselves through them. We want to be settled again right away, so we hurry up – settling for where we land. The uncertainty can be scary. Read More